But the home side dominated possession putting together spells of neat and patient build-up play which just lacked an incisive final ball - perhaps an indication why Rovers season will finish in mid-table obscurity rather than the play-offs places.
But in fact the ball was in play after the first drop - so he incurred a two-shot penalty, leading to the horrendous sextuple-bogey.
Players must not play the ball dangerously or in a way which leads to dangerous play - the umpire deems it to be dangerous if it causes legitimate evasive action by players.
Leeds substitute Aidan White crossed the ball from the right and Ibrahima Sonko, under pressure in the six-yard box, could only play the ball to Snodgrass, who duly converted.
But he was unable to achieve a breakthrough and Sehwag, who hit a four and a six off successive balls in Makaya Ntini's opening over, pushed Steyn through the covers to reach a 59-ball half century in the final over of play.
The visitors' lacklustre play was epitomised when a well-worked free-kick saw Nani play in Evra on the left only for his low whipped ball to fly across the Villa goalmouth without a team-mate showing a desire to get to it.
Straight from a play-the-ball, Briscoe weaved his way in from the left wing for a brilliant solo effort, an eighth try in 13 games this season for the 21-year-old England international.
Tensions rose on the touchline between Calderwood and Falkirk counter-part Steven Pressley after the latter tried to get the ball back in play after a stoppage.
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Henry twice handled the ball before crossing to William Gallas, who scored the equaliser against the Republic in the play-off in November to put France into next year's finals.
Dobson, the Super League Dream Team's scrum-half of the season, booted the conversion from the touchline, and then two of his kicks, one that forced Horne to needlessly shovel the ball out of play and another that brought about a drop-out, kept his side in the ascendancy.
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Andrew Little put the young Irishmen further ahead early in the second half, lashing the ball past Rangers team-mate Gallacher from close range after good wing play on the right.
Before the weather intervened, Sergio Garcia had to climb up into one of the trees to play his second shot at the par-four 10th hole after his ball became lodged in the branches.
Roberto Mancini's side were often excellent in their build-up play, however, they let themselves down with either the final ball or poor positioning of their forwards.
According to Synergy Sports, the Knicks have run the pick-and-roll play, which tends to induce fluid ball movement, just 24% of the time in February, down from 28% in December.
To their credit both sides, and in particular the Blues, continued to attempt to play with ball in hand, but two penalties apiece was all their reward before the half-time break.
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